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Descriptive Writing a Descriptive Essay

Purpose: To inform a reader about something (place, event, object, subject…) To share an experience.To share an experience. To give a report. To entertain a reader.

Requirements: Requirements: What should it look like? Strong sensory details (sight, touch, taste, hearing, feelings, thoughts…) Main idea/topic followed by supporting details and descriptions. Clear organization. Effective transitions.

You can… Describe an event that happened to a character or person in history. Take the reader to a place (Forest Sauvage, Canterbury, Knightsbridge, William’s castle, London). Describe a journey, person, experience. Plague, Battle of Hastings, conversion of Aethebert, death of Arthur, adventure with Robin Hood.

Take the reader to a place with your words! Present your ideas in order as they happened or in a pattern that makes sense to the reader. Set a mood (suspense, calm, exciting…) Make the reader get a mental picture of what you are talking about. Major Hints!

What Next? 1) Find a topic that you want. expert2) Read about it so that you are an expert in the area. fresh3) Take notes so that your details are fresh and accurate. 4) Think of ways to write that will keep your audiences attention (cool facts, humor, astonishing details…) 1) Find a topic that you want. expert2) Read about it so that you are an expert in the area. fresh3) Take notes so that your details are fresh and accurate. 4) Think of ways to write that will keep your audiences attention (cool facts, humor, astonishing details…)

What Next? 5) Write your drafts in order and keep on the topic. 6) Have a peer edit your work; check for mechanical errors or missing descriptions 7) Work on it during Writing Workshop Fridays (now). 5) Write your drafts in order and keep on the topic. 6) Have a peer edit your work; check for mechanical errors or missing descriptions 7) Work on it during Writing Workshop Fridays (now).

Describe it Perfectly! What color was it? What size was it? What material was it made out of? How old was it? What was the texture? What condition was it in? How much did it weigh? What did it remind you of?